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Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps
Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps
Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps
Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps
Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps
Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps
Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps

Camp Knox 1924 The Mess Kit National Defense Citizens Military Training Camps

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    Description

    The Mess Kit
    Camp Knox
    1924
    8” X 10.75” illustrated hardcover-unpaginated
    Illustrated with black and white photographs
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    The Mess Kit
    Volume III
    Fifth Corps Area
    Camp Knox
    Kentucky
    1924
    Prepared by the men of the
    Citizens Military Training Camp
    Under the direction of
    Edgar Dow Gilman
    Major, Engr.- ORC
    Editor in chief
    Published by the
    Military Training Camps Association of the United States
    Charles B. Pike President
    George F. James Executive Secretary
    The training camp movement: voluntary military training for the purpose of good citizenship and national defense goes back in the memory of the present generation to the camps which were organized in the United States just prior to the world war.
    In 1913 under the direction of Major General Leonard wood to vacation camps were held for students from educational institutions, one at Monterey California, and the other at Gettysburg Pennsylvania, the men paying their own expenses.
    Four camps were held the following year…
    Contains camp history and photos, company rosters and photos, activity/training photos.
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